N.Y. Public Health Law 3609 – Grants for planning an establishment of new certified home health agencies
§ 3609. Grants for planning an establishment of new certified home health agencies. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized, within the amount allocated pursuant to subdivisions one, two and three of section thirty-six hundred fifteen of this article, to make grants to voluntary not-for-profit organizations in areas of the state determined by the commissioner to be in need of home care services.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 3609
- Certified home health agency: means a home care services agency which possesses a valid certificate of approval issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, or a residential health care facility or hospital possessing a valid operating certificate issued under article twenty-eight of this chapter which is authorized under section thirty-six hundred ten of this article to provide a long term home health care program. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3602
- Home care services: means one or more of the following services provided to persons at home: (a) those services provided by a home care services agency; (b) home health aide services; (c) personal care services; (d) homemaker services; (e) housekeeper or chore services. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3602
2. Such grants shall be awarded for the purposes of planning for establishment as a certified home health agency pursuant to section thirty-six hundred six of this chapter.
3. Such grants shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars per annum and are not renewable.
4. The grant applications shall include such information as required by the commissioner.
5. Funds for such grants shall be made available pursuant to the funding formula and allocations as provided in subdivisions one, two and three of section thirty-six hundred fifteen of this article.
6. The commissioner shall approve applications in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions five, six and seven of section thirty-six hundred fifteen of this article.